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Arasaratnam-Smith, Lily A. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Developing intercultural communication competence (ICC) is a pursuit that has captured the interest of researchers in several disciplines for a number of decades. The urgency and interest to produce graduates who are ready for the global marketplace has never been more prevalent amongst educators as it is today. This article outlines strategies…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development
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Díaz, Adriana R.; Cordella, Marisa; Disbray, Samantha; Hanna, Barbara E.; Mikhaylova, Anna – Intercultural Communication Education, 2021
While the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold around the world, one of its most immediate effects -- beyond significant loss of life and livelihood -- has been the exposure of existing weaknesses in various sectors and systems. This is especially evident in higher education, with its growing overreliance on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Ethics
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Salih, Abdelrahman A.; Omar, Lamis I. – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2021
Globalized English offers interaction platforms, including cyber-based settings, for linguistically and culturally diverse speakers, particularly in the English as a second language/English as a foreign language context. Thus, it requires developing the intercultural competence of the parties involved. English users' different perspectives may…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Misconceptions, English (Second Language), Intercultural Communication
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Kim, Soojin – Intercultural Communication Education, 2020
This paper reports findings from a case study of intercultural telecollaboration between elementary school students in South Korea and the United States via the social networking service "Classting." The goal was to provide an opportunity for Korean students with limited exposure to authentic English language communication to interact…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intercultural Communication, Case Studies, Social Networks
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Harrison, Erin Ellis; Myrick, Caroline – Communication Center Journal, 2020
Communication centers often focus on supporting students' communicative competencies in public speaking but some centers have expanded this focus to include support for English language learners (ELLs). Armed with research on the value of conversation in language acquisition, the University Speaking Center has incorporated peer consulting of ELLs,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Universities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kunschak, Claudia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
An increasingly interconnected world requires people to become versatile communicators in a variety of different settings. Language centers have a critical role to play in this process by offering language and culture training in multiple languages to students, professionals and the wider community alike. They may do so from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Üzüm, Babürhan; Akayoglu, Sedat; Yazan, Bedrettin – ReCALL, 2020
Since advances in computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools have made virtual exchanges readily available in educational practices, telecollaboration has been gaining traction as a means to provide practical experiences and cultural exposure to language learners and, more recently, teacher trainees. Drawing upon Byram's (1997) model of…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning
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Liu, Ran; Wang, Yi'an – Research-publishing.net, 2020
With the present situation of economic globalization, simple inter-flows of information within and between countries have become standard to meet the development needs of college and university students, who now require and demand intercultural communication to improve their understanding of the globalized world. In recent years, online platforms…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Intercultural Communication, Course Descriptions, Online Courses
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España, Cristina; Soosaar, Reet – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2022
The implementation of the European Union's Erasmus Plus (E+) Program has resulted in the possibility of joint initiatives across-borders led by teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), who can bring classroom practice closer to education as a key area for employability and prepare students for work and communication in multicultural and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Student Projects, English (Second Language)
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Matus-Mendoza, Mariadelaluz – Hispania, 2020
The Philadelphia Mural Movement is internationally known; admittedly, it is one of its most sought attractions when visiting the city. Using this form of art as the backdrop, a telecollaborative task-based project between two universities located in two different countries, in two different continents, was designed in fall 2015. Universidad…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad
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Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ryshina-Pankova, Marianna – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
With a shift toward understanding the goals of foreign language learning as development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC; Thorne, 2010), telecollaborative interaction with geographically distant partners has been seen both as a pedagogical tool that can play a significant role in promoting intercultural negotiation abilities and…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), German, Second Language Learning
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Wu, Zhiwei; Li, Xinqiang – TESL Canada Journal, 2019
This article reports on a study examining the extent to which pedagogical activities can affect students' cosmopolitan communicative competence (CCC) through online transnational encounters. A total of 58 students from a Hong Kong university and 25 students from an American university were divided into 25 transnational groups. They communicated…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication
Meyr, Justine Meyr – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Scholars and educators have described participation in target language (TL) communities as one of the primary aims of language learning, holding a fundamental position in ACTFL's (2011) "Standards." Limited work has been conducted to describe how students participate in and gain access to these TL communities through various forms of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, College Students
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Bailey, Angela; Gruber, Alice – The EUROCALL Review, 2020
This mixed method case study explored globalization and complex relationships through a virtual exchange project between students from Germany and Colombia in upper intermediate level English classes. We believed by providing a space for online conversation, written collaboration and discussion, students would enhance their plurilingual and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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